Box-lid holder.



C. S. & W. T. APPLASl BOX LID HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 29. 1916.

Patented. May 7, 1918.

WITNESSES ATTQRMEY mvrrnn snare raarnr CLARENCE S. APPLAS AND WALTER, '1, APPLAS, 0F MOLINE, ILLINOIS.

BOX-LID HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedltliay t, 191.

Application filed November 29, 1916. Serial No. 134,198.

and WALTER T. ArPLAs, Icitizens of the United States, residing at Moline, in the county ofltock island and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Box-Lid Holder, of which the following is a specification, i i This invention relates to box lid holders and pricemarkers.

Theobject is to provide a device for supportingthe lids ofcigar boxes, or the like, to exhibit the contents, in a manner to permit of closely assembling the boxes, as is usuallydone in showcases or upon shelves, and, at the same time, to display the price of such contents by means forming part of the device, and which may be readily changed to suit the various values of the contents. i i I 'The device is designed to simplify the construction of the lid holder and price marker shown and described in Patent No. 1,198,511, issued toC. S. Applas, September 19, 1916, by the elimination of some of the parts thereof and the modification of certain other parts, so that the improved device is capable of manufacture at a very low cost and maybe applied to a box, to perform the above function, without the ne cessity for any care being taken or any special adjustment being required. i

A full and complete understanding ofthe .inventionmay be obtained from consideration of the following detailed description,

taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification; it being understood that while the drawings'hows a practical form of the in.-

vention,,the latter is not confined to strict conformity therewith, but may be changed or modified, so, long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention, as specifically pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing, inewhich like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in each of the several figures:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved box lid holder, in its applied position.v i i Fig. 2 is a front elevation of thesame, showing the'price marker in its initial position, in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same, the box lid being in section.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the lid supporting means, the price marker being detached therefrom.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of the invention.

In the present embodiment of our invention a single supporting plate 1 is employed, which may be readily stamped out of relatively thin sheet metal, but must, of necessity, be of sufiicient stifiness and rigidity to prevent any bending or flexing in order to properly support the lid of a box, as well as to carry price indicating means to be hereinafter described.

The supporting plate 1 comprises a main body portion, provided, at its lower end, when the device is in the installed position upon a box, with an open ended, vertically disposed slot 2 adapted to fit over the rear wall 3 of an ordinary cigar box or other receptacle, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. This slot 2 is arranged at a slight angle to the rear edge 4 of the supporting plate 1, in order that when the said plate is applied to the rear vertical wall 3 of the cigar box or other receptacle, the rear edge 4 will be arranged at an upward and out ward inclination to approximate the desired angle at which the box lid 5 is to be supported. An upwardly extending arm 6 provided upon the supporting plate 1, and.

at the upper end of the arm 6, preferably by bending the terminal thereof upon itself, and is in a position at right angles to the rear wall 3 of the cigar box or other receptacle. A clamping loop 8 formed of stiff wire or other suitable material, and provided with a bearing portion 9, is swiveled in the eye 7 of the supporting plate 1, and has approximately parallel arms 10 and 11 extending from the bearing portion 9, the arm 10 being preferably somewhat longer than its opposed arm 11. The arms 10 and 11 are adapted, when the device is applied to a'box, to extend inwardly at right angles to the bearing eye 7 and to embrace the rear and front sides, respectively, of the box lid, in order to rigidly maintain the same in its desired position. The arm 10 is preferably bent to approach its coacting arm 11, as in dicated at 12 in Fig. 3, and there forms an abutment to bear against the rear face of the box lid 5,'the terminal portion of the said arm being returned upon itself to form an eye constituting an actuating handle 18, adapted to be grasped by the hand of the operator for the purpose of swinging the supporting arms,and price marking tially the same as shown in the patent heretofore mentioned, and so needs no specific description herein. The same, however, comprises a revolving disk 17 suitably mounted to be rotated at will toexpose various prices, when it is desired to change the same to adapt the device to difi'erent boxes containing cigars or other articles having different values.

The slightly modified form illustrated in Fig. 5 consists of the supporting plate 1, precisely the same as heretofore described, and having thev lid-engaging arms 10 and 11 similarly swiveled thereto. In this form, however, the price marker 16 is dispensed with, and a horizontally disposed eye 18 similar to the eye 18 is formed on the end ofthe arm 11, and is adapted to be grasped by the hand of the operator, the same as the eye 13, to swing the device into or out ofoperative relation with the lid 5. In this form the arm 11, lying in front of the said lid 5, may be utilized to clamp a card 19 or other price marker on the front face of the lid, and, consequently, in full view of the prospective purchaser. That portion of the supporting plate 1 lying in rear of the vertically disposed slot 2 is somewhat elongated to form a downwardly extending arm 20, adapted to lie against the rear face of the box member 3, and the corresponding arm 21 formed on the other side of the slot 2 is of somewhat less length and fits within the box and adjacent to the end wall 22 thereof in such a manner as to not interfere with the cigars or other articles contained therein.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a device of extreme simplicity has been devised, andwhich is capable of being readily applied to acigar box or other receptacle without injury to the contents thereof for the purpose of maintaining the lid in the desired open position, at the same time displaying the price of the contents thereof,

and permitting of placing boxes in close relation one to another within a showcase or upon a shelf, thus resulting in economy of space required for this purpose. It will also be seen that the same may be easily stamped from sheet metal or other similar material, thus rendering the same capable of manufacture at an extremely low cost.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the character described comprising a fiat relatively thin plate 113V. ing a slot in its end disposed angularly to the rear edge of said plate, to fit over the rear wall ofa box next to the adjacent end wall thereof and against the end edge of the lid for said box when open, and a substantially U-shaped clamping loop swingingly supported at the upper end of the plate to embrace the edge, ad acent thereto of the lid when said loop is in said position and to release the lid when in another position, the axis of movement of said loop being crosswise of said plate.

2. A device of the character described comprising a flat relatively thin plate having a slot in its. end disposed angularly to the rear edge of said plate, to fit over the rear wall of a box next to the adjacent end wall thereof and against the end edge of the lid for said box when open, a substantially U-shaped clamping loop swingingly supported at the upper end of the plate to embrace the edge adjacent thereto of the lid when said loop. is in one position and to. release the lid when in another position, the axis of movement of said loop. being crosswise of said plate, and an eye formed from the upper end of the plate and projecting from the plane of its outer face to. swingingly support the loop. I

3. A device of the character described comprising a flat relatively thin plate having a slot in its end disposed angularly to the rear edge of said plate, to fit over the rear wall of the box next to the adjacent end wall thereof and against the end edge of the lid for said box when open, a substantially U-shaped clamping loop swingingly supported at the upper end of the plate to embrace the edge adjacent thereto of the lid when said loop is in one position and to release the lid when in another position, the axis of movement of said loop being crosswise of said plate, an eye formed from the upper end of the plate and projecting from the plane of its outer face to swingingly support the loop, and display means held by said loop.

4:. A device of the character described comprising a flat relatively thin plate having a slot in its end forming long and short arms to fit over the rear wall of a box ad'- j aeent one end wall thereof with the uppermost end portion of said plate terminating a distance above the plane of the upper edges of the body of the box and in parallel In testimony that we claim the foregoing 10 relation to and against the lid for said box as our own, we have hereto aifixed our sigwhen open, and a resilient clamping loop natures in the presence of two witnesses.

swingingly supported at the upper end of CLARENCE S APPLAS the plate to embrace the adjacent edge of the lid when said loop is thrown inwardly WALTER APPLAS' relative to the plate and for releasing the Witnesses: lid on the throwing of the loop outwardly L. H. DORMAN, from the plate. PAULINE DORMAN.

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